1926 Big Ten Conference football season explained

1926 Big Ten Conference football season
Sport:Football
No Of Teams:10
Season Champs:Michigan, Northwestern
Season Champ Name:Co-champions
Mvp:Benny Friedman
Seasonslistnames:Football
Prevseason Year:1925
Nextseason Year:1927

The 1926 Big Ten Conference football season was the 31st season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference (also known as the Western Conference) and was a part of the 1926 college football season.

Season overview

Results and team statistics

Conf. RankTeamHead coachDSOverall recordConf. recordPPGPAG
1 (tie)MichiganFielding H. Yost
  1. 3
7–15–023.94.8
1 (tie)NorthwesternG. Thistlethwaite
  1. 11
7–15–022.42.8
3Ohio StateJohn Wilce
  1. 8
7–13–124.55.4
4PurdueJames PhelanNR5–2–12–1–1 18.38.4
5WisconsinGeorge LittleNR5–2–13–2–115.39.0
6 (tie)IllinoisRobert Zuppke
  1. 12
6–22–215.15.8
6 (tie)MinnesotaClarence SpearsNR5-32-233.68.0
8IndianaHarlan PageNR3–50–410.017.1
9 (tie)IowaOssie SolemNR3–50–514.114.6
9 (tie)ChicagoAmos A. StaggNR2–60–55.914.5
Key
DS = Ranking in the Dickinson System, a system used at the time to rank the country's best college football teams and to award the Knute Rockne Trophy to the national champion[1]
PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game[2]

All-conference players

The following players received first-team honors on the 1932 All-Big Ten Conference football team from at least two of the following selectors: Associated Press (AP), United Press (UP), Billy Evans (BE), and Walter Eckersall (WE).

All-Americans

Five Big Ten players were recognized as consensus first-team players on the 1926 College Football All-America Team:

Notes and References

  1. News: Stanford Best Eleven, Claim. Los Angeles Times. December 17, 1926. 17.
  2. Web site: 1926 Big Ten Conference Year Summary. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. December 26, 2016.